Packing.



PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903 lgw o. B. RUSH. PACKING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1903.

NO MODEL.

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'PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES B. RUSH, OF MAGIC, PENNSYLVANIA.

PACKING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 731,228, dated June 16, 1903. Application filed January 9. 1903. Serial No. 138,354. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that LCHARLES B. RUSH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Magic, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing,of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain newvand useful improvements in packing, and relates more particularly to that class employed in connection with steamengines and the like.

The present invention has for its object the provision of novel means whereby the escaping steam oa steam-engine is conducted into a steam-chamber and thence led through a drain-pipe to a suitable exit. l

. The present invention still further consists in the n ovel construction of stlltng-box-and the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

My present invention further contemplates l to provide a stuing-box that will be extremelysimple in construction, strong, durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highly ecient in its use.

In describing-the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings,

forming apart of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views,in which- Figure lis a perspective view of my improved stuing-box secured in position upon a piston-rod. Fig. 2-is a vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar View of a modified form of my invention.

l indicates the pistou-romand 2 the main stuffing-box, which is formed at its outer end with the ange 2a. p

3 indicates the follower of the ordinary packing 4, arranged in thestufliug-box. This The outer end of the sleeve 4b and the adjacent end ot' the follower 9 are provided with lianges 5St and 9a, respectively, whereby through the medium of the bolts 11, which are secured in the ange 5 and project through .openings in the ange 9 and have nuts 11 in their threaded ends, the follower can be adjusted. 12 indicates similar bolts rigidly secured to the flange 2a and projecting through openings in the ange 4a.

13 'indicates nuts arranged o'n the ends of the bolts 12.

In the modified form of my invention as illustrated in Fig; 3 of the drawings I have shown an auxiliary stuffing-box 8, having formed therein. a steam-chamber 5, detachably secured to the follower 3, having the integral auge 4' instead of being formed integral`therewith,'as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved device will be readily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings..

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdepartiug from the general spirit of my. invention. i l

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with the main stuing-box formed at its'outer end with a ange, of a follower arranged iu said box and being formed with an apertured flange, bolts carried by the 'rst-named dange and passing through the apertures in the flange of the follower, nuts on the ends of said bolts, a sleeve rigidly secured to the fiange of said follower,- said sleeve K being formed with a steam-chamber and auxil- 

